#grizabellaxjennyanydots

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“Are you new here?”

Of course, Denise Jastraunig had to do a TikTok about her own Grizabella debut...!

Starring Denise Jastraunig as Jennyanydots, and... well, you know.

Vienna revival, 24 April 2022.

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After a couple of weeks' absence, Michelle Carter is back onstage as Jenny in the 2021 US tour!

Grizabella (Tayler Harris) and Deuteronomy (Indalecio de Jesus Valentin) are so happy to see her that they're inspired to do some tapping too.

Filmed by @selnost, 26 October 2021. Please do not repost these gifs without his permission!

With Tayler Harris as Grizabella, Elana Valastro as Rumpelteazer, Brianna Kim as Sillabub, Lauren Louis as Demeter, and Kayli Jamison as Jellylorum; plus, out of costume, swings Carolyn Bacon, Kelliann de Carlo, Megan Arseneau, and Gracie Anderson. Photos from Michelle's insta (X).

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Michelle Carter, 2021 US tour Jennyanydots:

"So I'm here with Kelliann [DeCarlo], who just made her Grizabella duet last night and it was fabulous. And I wanna say this with her, because she actually doesn't know, but: Tayler Harris (who usually plays Grizabella) and I have a story that Griz and Jennyanydots used to have a duet. Like, it was a big tap duet: like Chicago, Velma and Roxy style duet. And that she obviously fell into some bad things and she's not in the duet anymore, and that's part of the reason why I'm so pissed off with her all the time."

Which makes it even cuter that, when Michelle returned to the stage after an absence of more than a week, Tayler and Indalecio (Deuteronomy) did some tapping with her to welcome her back!

(Filmed by @selnost - please do not repost these gifs without his permission.)

Anyway, Jennybella rights!

Compare Chelsea Nicole Mitchell (Bombalurina)'s more general comments about Grizabella's backstory.

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Aww look, Carolyn Bacon shared a more photos (and a bows clip) from her Grizabella debut a week ago (16 April) (X)!

With Allison Lian as Rumpelteazer, Michelle Carter as Jennyanydots, Chelsea Nicole Mitchell as Bombalurina, Hyla Mayrose Perillo as Victoria, and Kayli Jamison as Jellylorum.

With Gracie Anderson as Tantomile, Megan Arseneau as Sillabub, and Elana Valastro out of costume.

... Deut here looks like first-cast Indalecio de Jesús Valentín but I’m fairly sure Tony Mowatt was covering that night...?

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The Jennybella (plus Deut) continues!

Tayler Harris as Grizabella, Michelle Carter as Jennyanydots, and Indalecio de Jesús Valentín as Deuteronomy. 2021 US tour; 2 January 2022 (X).

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Caitlin New as Jennyanydots in the final cover run for the Asia tour (18 March 2022); Benjamin Mundy as Skimbleshanks, Connor McAllister as Gus, Holly Meegan as Grizabella, and Andrew Dunne as Deuteronomy (X).

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If you need to be happier today, please have a Griz/Jenny/Deut hug - with tapping and kisses!

Tayler Harris as Grizabella, Michelle Carter as Jennyanydots, and Indalecio de Jesus Valentin as Deuteronomy.

2021 US tour, 27 October 2021. Footage by @selnost; please don't re-post without his permission.

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Coricopat spots somebody she likes...

Time for a sashay with the wifey!

Ella Nonini as Demeter and Thalia Burt covering Coricopat, 2020 Asia tour. (They aren't actually a couple, but Thalia sometimes calls Ella her wife/wifey.)

Note also Ellie Nunan and Suzie Melloy (Jenny and Bomba) dancing with Holly Meegan, who's covering Grizabella!

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A cuddlepile!

Madrid 2003: Patricia Paisel covering Babygriz, Marta Malone as Jennyanydots, Gorane Markinez as Jellylorum, Teresa Cora as Victoria, and Sandra Rausell as Jemima.

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Anna Bagmet as Bombalurina and Yelena Alexandrova as Jennyanydots; with Olga Belyayeva as Demeter and Yelena Charkviani as Grizabella with rainbow socks.

Moscow 2005.

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Annie Funke as Jennyanydots, Wichita 2007...

With as Aaron Umsted as Carbuckety.

With Taurean Everett as Plato.

With Ryan Koss as Pouncival (not the same cat as Carbuckety, obviously), and Garrett Elise Long as Grizabella; plus background Chaz Wolcott as Mistoffelees, and Tyler Foy as Bill Bailey.

Wichita masterpost here.

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Jemima being protected by the Most Mum Cat! Here played by Beth Robson rather than Susie McKenna - I think this is the only scene in the film where she covers the role, or at least, where we can see her clearly enough to be sure.

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Victoria and Jemima hold hands to approach Grizabella on her first appearance, before Jennyanydots heads them off.

Rebecca Sutherland covering Victoria, Tracey Packham as Sillabub, Julia Howson as Grizabella, Nadja Solovieva as Jennyanydots, Hamburg 1999.

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Jenny and Grizabella are exes and these are their daughters:

(With Carrie Willis in the baby Griz costume.)

Suggestion for the nameless female swing character in the international tour (currently Anna Campkin's character)—baby Jenny. That is, she is to adult Jenny as baby Griz is to Grizabella. Whether that means you think of them as the actual younger versions of the characters, or a young relative of theirs, or the character reborn.

Here's Nell Martin as this character in 2017 (second from the left):

Here's Amy Louise Whittle in 2018:

And here's Anna Campkin today:

The unitard isn't exactly Jenny's, and the wig and makeup are different—Amy's in particular looks more like Jelly than Jenny—but the overall look is something like a toned-down kittenish version of Jenny, made to blend in a little more with the ensemble. Rather like baby Griz!

So informally for now, I'm going to call her baby Jenny, rather than 'you know, that unnamed female swing who looks kind of like Jenny and kind of like Electra'.

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Backstory video from 27 September 2021. Gifs from footage filmed by @selnost, 26 October 2021. Please do not repost these gifs without his permission!

Michelle Carter, 2021 US tour Jennyanydots:

"So I'm here with Kelliann [DeCarlo], who just made her Grizabella duet last night and it was fabulous. And I wanna say this with her, because she actually doesn't know, but: Tayler Harris (who usually plays Grizabella) and I have a story that Griz and Jennyanydots used to have a duet. Like, it was a big tap duet: like Chicago, Velma and Roxy style duet. And that she obviously fell into some bad things and she's not in the duet anymore, and that's part of the reason why I'm so pissed off with her all the time."

Which makes it even cuter that, when Michelle returned to the stage after an absence of more than a week, Tayler and Indalecio (Deuteronomy) did some tapping with her to welcome her back!

(Filmed by @selnost.)

Anyway, Jennybella rights!

Compare Chelsea Nicole Mitchell (Bombalurina)'s more general comments about Grizabella's backstory.